School of Dentistry and Medical Sciences
Tarni Nelson is a Lecturer in Medical Radiation Science within the School of Dentistry and Medical Sciences at Charles Sturt University.
Tarni is a trained Diagnostic Radiographer with her areas of clinical expertise including extensive experience in medical imaging particularly within Computed Tomography and the areas of trauma, stroke, cardiac and paediatric scanning.
Tarni graduated from The University of Newcastle in 2012. Throughout her radiography career, Tarni has worked in various metropolitan trauma and oncology centres in both Australia and the United Kingdom as well as some small rural NSW secondments. Currently, Tarni remains a practicing clinician at the John Hunter Hospital, a Level 6 Tertiary Hospital within NSW Health alongside her role as an academic with Charles Sturt.
Tarni has completed a Bachelor Medical Radiation Science (Diagnostic Radiography), Graduate Diploma in Image Interpretation, Graduate Certificate in Teaching & Learning in Higher Education and is undertaking her Master of Philosophy at Queensland University of Technology. With a keen interest in innovative pedagogical approaches and greening the medical radiation sciences, Tarni is a teaching and research focussed academic at Charles Sturt University.
Tarni incorporates her current clinical role, to bring scenario-based learning to her classroom and is currently involved in teaching:
Patient care is of utmost importance to Tarni, therefore her focus is on welcoming students to the world of medical radiation sciences and ensuring that the element of humanity in healthcare remains an overarching concept.
Research interest include:
Registered Diagnostic Radiographer with the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency.
NSW Health Sustainability Champion